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WHEEL GUAM)l 0E EENDEE EOE GEES. No. 519,289.

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WHEEL GUARD 0E FENDER EOE GARE.

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JAMEsr. MoR'roN, or BALTIMORE,

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MARYLAND, ASSIGNOB, BY DIRECT OF ONE-HALF TO WILLIAM H. H. ANDER- SON AND NICHOLAS S. HILL, JR.,

OF SAME PLACE.

WHEEL GUARD oRFENDl-:R FOR CARS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 519,289, dated May 1, 1894.

" i Application filed November 23, 1 893. Serial Nol 491,710. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES F. MoRroN, of the city of Baltimore and State of Maryland, have invented certain Improvements in Wheel Guards or Fenders for Cars, of which the following is a specification.

In the description of the said invention which follows, reference is made to the accompanying drawings forming a part hereof, and in which- Figure 1 is an exterior side view of a portion of a car platform', and the improved wheel fender, which is shown asin its normal position. Fig. 2 is an' under side View of Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a View similar to Fig. 1 except that the fender is in the position which it assu mes after the et is afront View of Fig. 1. Figs. 5 to l1 inclusive are details of the invention on an enlarged scale. Referring to the drawings, A is the car platform,vand B B are bent supporting bars secured to the outer sides of the platform A. In order that these bars may be readily removed from the platform, the upper ends are slotted to receive the holding bolts a, see Fig. 1. The bars are united by a rod b which holds them at a proper distance apart. Each bar B has a lug c, and these lugs are con-- nected by a shaft d carrying the rollers C which rest on the track rails denoted by a line marked e in Figs. 1 and 3. These rollers are loose on the shaftd and adapted to move longitudinally thereon when the car rounds a curve; but they are held yieldingly outward or in contact with the bars B by means of spiral springsfconned endwise between the rollers C and a collar g on the shaft, see Fig. 2.

D is acradle formed preferably of an angle iron rectangular frame h which is curved as seen from the side of the car, see Figsl, 3 and 5. This frame has two lugs 1I which areV hinged to the curvedsupporting bars B by means of a rod j. By this construction the cradle is susceptible of a backward tilting movement or a change fromhe position shown in Fig. l to that illustratedin Fig. 3.

E is an inflated endless tube, preferably of picking up of a person. Fig.

f see Fig. 9.

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by prevent a person being injured by con-` tact with the cradle. Y

F is a sheet of netting, canvas or other soft material expanded over the frame h and secured to the flange lc thereof. A front. view of this netting is shown in Fig. 4.

The cradle is yieldingly held in the position shown in Fig. 1, by means of springs fm,y fastened to the rod b and situated either on the outer or inner surface of the supporting bars B. The free ends of these springs have rollers n which bear against the flange o of the angle iron frame h. The outward movementI of the cradle is limited by bars ploosely con-` nected to the supportingbars B, and the rectangular frame h. The bars p are jointed at the center, and the connected ends are provided with lips q which come together and thereby prevent the said bars ever assuming a straight line or position, see Figs. 2 and 7. These jointed bars are adjustable in length by means of right and left threads r and suitable nuts s.

H is a flexible guard piece, preferably of rubber, 4having stems t which pass through a bracket tt on the lower edge of the cradle. Thesestems haveheads or nuts o. which are embedded in the substance of the guard piece,

` The inner ends of these stems are jointed to levers b each having a bent end c adapted to enter a notch d in the rodj.

I I are springs coiled about the stems t and confined endwise between the brackets u and These coiled springs serve to keep the guard piece extended, as shown in Figs. 9 and 10. Stops f on the bars B serve to receive the cradle in its backward movenient.

J J are curtains of netting or other suitable material, secured at one edge to the bars B, and at the other to the rectangular frame h, and situated exteriorly of thebars p. These curtains serve as additional safeguards at the `sides of the fender. y

Supposing the fender' to be extended as shown in Figs. 1 aud 2, and it comes in collision with a person on the track, the operation is as follows: The guard piece H being in advance of the'other parts of the device, is first struck, and as it is driven in, the bent ends of the levers b are withdrawn from the notches d in the rod j which admits of the cradle tilting as before described, and in this movement, the lower edge of the cradle is elevated as shown in Fig. 3 and the person is rolled into the cradle and rests in comparative safety on the netting and the in tlated tubes. In the tilting of the cradle the rods p are bent outward, which has the effect of distending the curtains J and preventing them from becoming injured by being caught between the cradle and the bars B which support it. As soon as the person is removed from the cradle, the springs fm cause it to assume its original position.

I claim as my invention- 1. In a wheel fender, the combination of supporting bars secured at their upper ends to the car platform,`a cradle hinged near its lower end to the lower ends of the said supporting bars and springs to yieldingly hold the upper part of the cradle from or away from the said supporting bars, substantially as specied.

2. In a wheel fender, the combination of supporting bars secured at their upper ends to the platform of the car, a cradle hinged near its lower end to the said supporting bars,

springs to yieldingly hold the upper endl of the cradle from or away from the supportlng bars, and locking mechanism having as an element thereof a guard which projects be- JAMES F. MoRToN.

Witnesses:

Gno. E. TAYLOR, WM. T. HOWARD. 

